It seems as if the Censor Board has taken Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make In India' campaign a tad too seriously, as the Board looks to have passed a new rule that for a movie to be cleared, it has to have at least one remixed version of an old iconic song.

Time
travel may not be a reality just yet, but with several Hindi film
tracks being revisited in a big way and being reinvented, there is a
prevalent sense of deja vu. Although, the late 90's were infamous
for remixes, but now, adaptation of hits is much more in demand and
being well appreciated by the audience.

In
Focus

If
we analyse carefully, we will find that a tried and tested formula is
being implemented. Indian musician Chirantan Bhatt has explained how
the music companies make money out of their catalogues of already
popular songs which guarantee a certain level of success.

But,
some times, reworking on an old track can ruin the original song.
Veteran musician Pyarelal of 'Laxmikant-Pyarelal' doesn't
approve of this trend of remixing old songs. According to him,
though, all the young composers say that they appreciate and love his
work, but at the same time, they end up ruining it.

Famous
singer Bappi Lahiri also feels that popular songs should not be
reworked. According to him, in case a composer wants to do a remix of
a popular song, then he/she should ideally come up with a much better
and improvised version than the original one, which unfortunately,
rarely happens.

Singer
Shaan feels that the need of the hour is to put some rules in places.
He says that when it comes to ethics, the music industry has become
just like any other business.

However,
music director Pritam, another famous name in the contemporary
Bollywood musical scene appreciates the use of old hit tracks in
remixed versions in new Bollywood films.

While
Bollywood filmmakers have a lot more technology at
their disposal compared to what
was three
decades ago, it seems that
there
is a severe
drought
of creativity among the industry's elite.

Lately,
there
seems to be a sudden surge in the
practice
of remixing
popular old
Bollywood
songs, particularly
of the 90s.
Suddenly, it seems like any new Hindi release is incomplete without
having a rehashed version of an old classic song.

From
"Humma Humma" to "Tamma Tamma", the
list is endless.
These songs form a huge fan base, thanks to the
popularity
that
the originals had garnered. But, just
like movies, some classic songs are best left untouched.

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